Georgia State University

base it off of the student’s physical features and life styles, or the student’s political stand point? In a class survey, the results showed that a normal student in an English 1102 class at Valdosta State University is a first year student between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one that lives in Georgia and believes college is very important. The surveys were split up into three or so categories. One being the Student’s Lifestyle, the second is all about College, Demographics, and Technology,…

I am a currently an undergraduate student at University of West Georgia working on a degree in Computer Science and I would like to address you on an issue that has been brought to my attention, the cost of receiving a secondary education. I believe that the price of gaining knowledge shouldn’t lead you into debt. Therefore I’m pleading for you to pass the H.R.678 - Student Loan Relief Act of 2001 into a federal law because it amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the 60-month limit on…

today. Many students come from around the globe to enroll in the amazing colleges America has to offer. One of the major problems are when then they arrive here they are completely alone and have no idea of how the school systems work in the United States. There simply are not enough resources or desires to meet the accommodations of these individuals and this is not just for foreign students. Many natural born Americans too face the same issues foreign students face once they enter this…

know fully what to expect from the school and their rules and regulations on financial. “Armed with a donation from Georgia State's president, Renick tried an experiment: He provided mini grants to nearly 200 students after they were dropped for nonpayment. It worked, helping to bring students back to classes and generating more than $660,000 in tuition and fees for the university that would have otherwise been lost. (Selingo, 2013, para. 6). This was a great idea, by help students who had…

The death penalty has constantly been a controversial punishment, executed by the American federal, state, and local governments, whose constitutionality and morality has been questioned, researched, and debated by Americans from all walks of life - congressional leaders, Supreme Court Justices, legal scholars, media reporters, students, and everyday people. In regards to the death penalty, many question whether or not it is a truly useful punishment for capital offenses, challenging whether or…

time. A coalition of multiple of Universities called the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) believe that introduction classes for majors do not determine if a student will be successful. However, they do believe that core classes such as Math, English, and History depending on the university will decide the success of a student. These schools have conducted this speculation with the collected data over the previous year with current and past students. At Georgia State's nursing school, the…

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle in college is one of the hardest parts of a freshman’s adjustment to their new lifestyle. College is usually the most exciting time of a person’s life, and along with new friends and a new home, comes an immense change of pace. A person typically moves away from home, and beings a new life, alone. This can become extremely stressful on the mind, and on the body. Balancing a healthy lifestyle is extremely important on the road to mental and physical health while in…

graduation rate was 57 percent for males and 62 percent for females. 2. Support material: On the other hand, only 33 percent actually graduated in 4-years and received their bachelor 's degree. B. Here in Cal State University San Bernardino our overall graduation rate was 52 percent in 2009 and 2 percent for our transfer-out rate. Based on the office of institutional research I’ve found statistics that students pursuing a Bachelor 's degree only 9 percent…

2006. Reading Vickers’s article, you think this article going is about gender equality. How men are always outshining women, a true feminist look at college campuses. This isn’t the case in Vickers article. She does the complete opposite. Vickers’s states more men than women are dropping out or not pursuing college at all that “At colleges across the country 58 women will enroll as freshmen for every 42 men. As the class of 2010 proceeds toward graduation the male numbers dwindle. The ratio…

for people to miss an opportunity for a higher education. That being said textbooks are way too expensive for students, and we should stop paying such high prices for them. Today I’ll be talking about the problem with high priced textbooks, how universities should fix the problem, and what you can do to help. Prices of textbooks are reaching an all-time high. According to the College Board, the average student spends 1200-1300 on books and supplies each year. That is an 812% increase from…